American dark fantasy films

2017 film by Guillermo del Toro

The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 American stop-motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and written by Caroline Thompson. It tells the tale of Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, who stumbles upon Christmas Town and becomes obsessed with celebrating the holiday himself. Danny Elfman wrote the songs and score and provided the singing voice of Jack. The principal voice cast includes Chris Sarandon, Ken Page, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, William Hickey, Paul Reubens and Ed Ivory.

2014 film directed by Robert Stromberg

1995 film directed by Joe Johnston

1985 animated film directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich

1990 film directed by Tim Burton

2009 animation film directed by Henry Selick

1999 film by Tim Burton

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American gothic horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson. The film stars Michael Keaton as Betelgeuse, along with Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara and Winona Ryder.

2005 film directed by Francis Lawrence

1982 film directed by John Milius

1981 film by Sam Raimi

2014 film directed by Rob Marshall

2003 film by Len Wiseman

Gremlins is a 1984 American black comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo the Mogwai. It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force going back to World War II. The story follows Billy Peltzer, who receives Gizmo as a pet, who then spawns more of his kind that evolve into the titular imp-like monsters that wreak havoc on Billy's hometown during Christmas E

2012 film by Tim Burton

2015 film directed by Rob Letterman

2016 film directed by Tim Burton

2019 film directed by Joachim Rønning

1993 film directed by Sam Raimi

2009 film by Robert Zemeckis

2022 film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson

1987 film by Sam Raimi

1988 film directed by Ron Howard

1981 film by John Boorman

2024 film directed by Tim Burton

Hocus Pocus is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Kenny Ortega from a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert, and a story by David Kirschner and Garris. It follows a villainous comedic trio of witches who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts, on Halloween night.

2008 film directed by Mark Waters

1990 film directed by Steve Barron

2015 film directed by Robert Eggers

2016 film by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

2019 film directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan

1987 film by George Miller

2011 film directed by Catherine Hardwicke

1992 film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui

2012 film by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein

2015 film by Guillermo del Toro

1990 film directed by Joe Dante

2011 film by Patrick Lussier

2014 film by Sergei Bodrov

1985 film by Ridley Scott

2013 film directed by Fede Álvarez

2006 film by Len Wiseman

2018 film directed by Eli Roth

2020 film directed by Robert Zemeckis

1990 film directed by Nicolas Roeg

1982 film directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz

2016 film directed by Gore Verbinski

2015 film directed by Breck Eisner

2011 film by Michael Dougherty

2011 film by Brett Ratner, Dominic Sena

2022 superhero television special produced by Marvel Studios

2000 film by Steven Brill

2017 film directed by Adam Wingard

1996 film by Andrew Fleming

2024 film directed by Rupert Sanders

2011 film directed by Scott Stewart

1992 film by Ralph Bakshi

1983 film by Steven Spielberg, John Landis, George Miller, Joe Dante

1997 film by Mark A.Z. Dippé